We provide prior consultation for applicants who submit application documentation for the designation of food additives and the revision of use standards.
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2026-09-18 updated
Mission of FADCC
【Food Additive Designation Consultation Center (FADCC)】
Any person who wishes to designate food additives or revise specifications orstandards (hereinafter referred to as “applicant”) is required to submit application
documents to the Consumer Affairs Agency (hereinafter referred to as “CAA”).
After receiving the application documents from the applicant, the CAA will request
the Food Safety Commission of Japan (hereinafter referred to as “FSCJ”) to conduct
a risk assessment. Based on the results of the assessment, the additive will be
designated after deliberation at the Food Safety Standards Council.
FADCC offers preliminary consultations on preparing application documents and
verifying their content for applicants. Until 2014, the Ministry of Health, Labor and
Welfare handled these preliminary consultations.
Furthermore, starting in fiscal year 2022, FADCC introduced a "stage-gate system" for
consultations to ensure applicants and FADCC share a clearer understanding of the application
and consultation details, the process for preparing the Overview document, and the expected
timeline for completing the application documents. (Please check here for details.)